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Author: Marielle Debos

Marielle Debos

Marielle Debos is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University Paris Nanterre. She is the author of Living by the Gun in Chad: Combatants, Impunity and State Formation, Zed Books, 2016. Follow her on Twitter at @m_debos.

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    By Marielle Debos
    April 30, 2021
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    France, the Military, and Strongman Politics in Chad

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    February 14, 2019
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    Airstrikes and “stability”: What’s the French army doing in Chad?

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